Green Lantern Ugh, M.S., Lupe You know I'm a fan, man, I'm a real fan Gonna be somebody Feel real honored to be up in here, you know I'm saying? Gonna be somebody They had to bring out the expensive mics for this one Gonna be somebody You know I'm saying the $7,000 headphones for this one here, know I'm sayin'? Gonna be someone Come on, talk to em This is a story of them against us win or lose Forcing your feet into someone else's shoes Everybody's got something to say That we ought to live their way, what we're doing's not okay In this world, everybody's got a chip On both sides of the neck, got no respect, wait up a sec You ever feel like the pressure's too much to take? Too much weight? Ladies and gentlemen, if anybody can hear me right now, please shout back We're not the only ones feeling so trapped in the dream of somebody else In fact, they got their heads full of some overblown scheme Opportunity they missed back when they were sixteen And all they want to do is push you to be that And all you want to do is scream back Gonna be somebody For anybody telling me I can't, yeah Gonna be someone For anyone who told me I had no chance Gonna be somebody I'm telling you the time has come, like that Gonna be someone And maybe you'll get it when I'm finally done We don't sleep to dream, we sleep to build stamina Energy to do our thing, get your camera Cause this ride is about to begin Sit down and buckle it in, let me say it again In this world, everybody's got a chip On both sides of the neck, got no respect, wait up a sec When I was young, they said the odds of making it were slim to none Ladies and--**** it, I'm tired of them saying the dream you have doesn't exist Telling you you're worthless, saying you should quit Basically telling you that you'll never be **** Really, they're pissed cause they'll never acheive Some opportunity they missed back when they were sixteen And all they want to do is push you to be that And all you want to do is scream back Uh, did God think you're crazy mumbling to yourself in the basement all day Uh, uh, uh and to yourself, my pops didn't dig it with shovelin it to myself My boys used to get it, they dug it because they felt My undertakin' took me, I was making in my stealth A wealth of rhymes of crazy, I would chuckle to myself Then they went into the mental rolodex See I'm 'bout heart like my brain in my chest And I took 'em to school where subjects were getting felt Books under my seat, notebook layin on my desk My teacher's like 'Mr. Jacko?', 'Yes?' 'With all that knowledge, you ain't trying to college? Be a lawyer or a doctor, and get a whole lot of dollas? Rather degrade woman and glorify violence?' Well, work that works for me might not work for you No homework? I got work to do Gonna be somebody For anybody telling me I can't, yeah Gonna be someone For anyone who told me I had no chance Gonna be somebody I'm telling you the time has come, like that Gonna be someone And maybe you'll get it when I'm finally done I'm finally done
[00:00.00]Green Lantern [00:02.25]Ugh, M.S., Lupe [00:07.53]You know I'm a fan, man, I'm a real fan [00:09.31]Gonna be somebody [00:11.97]Feel real honored to be up in here, you know I'm saying? [00:14.21]Gonna be somebody [00:16.39]They had to bring out the expensive mics for this one [00:19.05]Gonna be somebody [00:21.07]You know I'm saying the $7,000 headphones for this one here, know I'm sayin'? [00:24.04]Gonna be someone [00:26.26]Come on, talk to em [00:28.20]This is a story of them against us [00:30.28]win or lose [00:31.16]Forcing your feet into someone else's shoes [00:33.68]Everybody's got something to say [00:35.47]That we ought to live their way, what we're doing's not okay [00:38.61]In this world, everybody's got a chip [00:41.00]On both sides of the neck, got no respect, wait up a sec [00:44.58]You ever feel like the pressure's too much to take? Too much weight? [00:48.15]Ladies and gentlemen, if anybody can hear me right now, please shout back [00:52.98]We're not the only ones feeling so trapped in the dream of somebody else [00:57.06]In fact, they got their heads full of some overblown scheme [01:00.20]Opportunity they missed back when they were sixteen [01:02.53]And all they want to do is push you to be that [01:04.95]And all you want to do is scream back [01:07.29]Gonna be somebody [01:09.53]For anybody telling me I can't, yeah [01:12.03]Gonna be someone [01:14.03]For anyone who told me I had no chance [01:16.28]Gonna be somebody [01:18.97]I'm telling you the time has come, like that [01:21.25]Gonna be someone [01:23.56]And maybe you'll get it when I'm finally done [01:25.72]We don't sleep to dream, we sleep to build stamina [01:29.03]Energy to do our thing, get your camera [01:31.67]Cause this ride is about to begin [01:33.76]Sit down and buckle it in, let me say it again [01:36.60]In this world, everybody's got a chip [01:38.60]On both sides of the neck, got no respect, wait up a sec [01:42.27]When I was young, they said the odds of making it were slim to none [01:45.87]Ladies and--**** it, I'm tired of them saying the dream you have doesn't exist [01:50.60]Telling you you're worthless, saying you should quit [01:52.88]Basically telling you that you'll never be **** [01:55.55]Really, they're pissed cause they'll never acheive [01:57.36]Some opportunity they missed back when they were sixteen [02:00.31]And all they want to do is push you to be that [02:02.60]And all you want to do is scream back [02:04.63]Uh, did God think you're crazy mumbling to yourself in the basement all day [02:08.37]Uh, uh, uh and to yourself, my pops didn't dig it with shovelin it to myself [02:12.16]My boys used to get it, they dug it because they felt [02:14.69]My undertakin' took me, I was making in my stealth [02:16.97]A wealth of rhymes of crazy, I would chuckle to myself [02:19.42]Then they went into the mental rolodex [02:21.77]See I'm 'bout heart like my brain in my chest [02:24.31]And I took 'em to school where subjects were getting felt [02:26.40]Books under my seat, notebook layin on my desk [02:29.02]My teacher's like 'Mr. Jacko?', 'Yes?' [02:31.53]'With all that knowledge, you ain't trying to college? [02:33.62]Be a lawyer or a doctor, and get a whole lot of dollas? [02:36.16]Rather degrade woman and glorify violence?' [02:38.50]Well, work that works for me might not work for you [02:41.11]No homework? I got work to do [02:43.05]Gonna be somebody [02:45.25]For anybody telling me I can't, yeah [02:47.64]Gonna be someone [02:50.06]For anyone who told me I had no chance [02:52.29]Gonna be somebody [02:55.12]I'm telling you the time has come, like that [02:57.29]Gonna be someone [02:59.63]And maybe you'll get it when I'm finally done [03:01.69]I'm finally done
